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Reproach

Reproach (reproach)
v. t.(r?-pr?ch")
Re*proach"
[imp. *** p. p. Reproached (-pr?cht")] p. pr. *** vb. n. Reproaching.] [F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare] L. pref. re- again, against, back + <
  1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.
    [Obs.]

    I thought your marriage fit; else imputation,
    For that he knew you, might reproach your life.     Shak.

  2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.

    If ye be reproached for the name of Christ. 1 Peter iv. 14.

    That this newcomer, Shame,
    There sit not, and reproach us as unclean.     Milton.

    Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed
    His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight.
    Repelled the victors.     Dryden.

    Syn. -- To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.

Reproach

Reproach (reproach)
n.
Re*proach"
  1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.

    No reproaches even, even when pointed and barbed with the sharpest wit, appeared to give him pain. Macaulay.

    Give not thine heritage to reproach. Joel ii. 17.

  2. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
  3. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.

    Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Neh. ii. 17.

    Syn. -- Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium; invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility; insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;; disgrace; infamy.













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